God...could last night's King's game been any more of a disappointment? The final few minutes of overtime nearly did me in. Unless they pull it together and muster up a win tomorrow night then they are probably done for the season. Really, until the final three minutes of last night's fourth quarter when Peja and Mike Bibby and Doug Christie started to spark, they don't even look like they want to go any further.

And Chris Webber? Don't get me started.

Salon's King Kaufman gets it though: (requires registration)

Webber is talking about the Kings' collapse in Game 2 in Minnesota Saturday, when they gave up an 11-point lead in the last four minutes by completely abandoning their offense in favor of hoisting up ill-advised long jumpers.

"We're too old, we're too much of a veteran team right now to be making those mistakes," he says. "Late in the game we've got to get the ball in my hands, we've got to get it in the post, late in the game, that's just the way that it is."

Has Chris Webber ever watched himself or his team play?

The Kings are at their absolute worst when they're trying to get the ball in Webber's hands in the post. That was true when Webber was healthy, and it's especially true now that he's lost so much quickness and power to knee surgery

In any case, what a dissatisfying end to a season that started out with such promise. At least when they got blown out of the semi-finals last year I felt as if they still wanted it, that they were still trying....

Oh well...anyway...MediaBistro has an interview with my honey Anderson Cooper so things are getting at least a little better in my little corner of the world today.